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Chapter 454 Recruitment Order

"Recruitment is open! Recruitment is open! Hurry up and sign up!"

Following the sound of gongs and drums, the big red ribbon hanging on the Bafang Building was untied, and immediately a group of people rushed into the Bafang Building.

Duke Mo Li Qingyuan, who had been traveling outside a few days ago, suddenly returned to the Luoyang Palace. He was first awarded the Nine Gifts and then directly promoted to the title of king. The speed was so fast that no one could react!

Although everyone knows that the little emperor in Luoyang city is just a figurehead, it wouldn't be so quick to usurp the throne, right?

At present, even Yu Wenzhi, the genuine traitor who murdered the previous emperor, only dared to find a little brat as a cover to appoint himself as prime minister. As a result, you actually gave him the Nine Gifts. Isn't that a bit too much?
What is even more speechless is that Li Qingyuan was given the title of King of Tang this time, which made all the wise people a little confused.

You must know that the ancestor of the Longxi Li family, that is, Li Yuan’s grandfather, was conferred the title of Duke of Tang by the Western Wei Dynasty. Now Li Qingyuan has proclaimed himself the King of Tang. Doesn’t that mean he is Li Yuan’s grandfather?

However, since Yang Guang was killed, his cousin Li Yuan has not been idle either. He seems to have nominated a little brat to be the emperor in Chang'an and proclaimed himself the governor of Xijing. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Li Yuan is definitely preparing to reshape the country.

So judging from the hostile situation, Li Qingyuan, whose base is in Luoyang, will sooner or later confront Li Yuan, who stays in Chang'an, and there is no possibility of easing the situation between the two.

But!
This practice of impersonating the other party's ancestor still makes people sigh, and feel that it is somewhat unethical to do so!

This is like in a nationality competition, instead of thinking about how to improve your own abilities to defeat the enemy, you directly report the other party for parking improperly. It really makes people wonder how to complain about it.

However, before this small discussion had time to ferment, it was buried by the subsequent decree issued by the other party.

Recruitment order!
Although Romance of the Three Kingdoms had not yet been published as a book, various storytellings and novels about the Three Kingdoms were a must-have item in all major taverns and teahouses. Since the material resources of this plane were much richer than in real history, even peddlers and hawkers had occasionally heard a few excerpts from the storytelling.

It is said that the Talent Recruitment Order was created by the treacherous hero Cao Cao. As long as you think you have the ability, you can apply for the job, and as long as you pass the assessment, you can become an official!

Good guy!
Instantly the whole Luoyang and its surrounding areas were in an uproar. After all, who among the Chinese people doesn't want to be an official?

But ever since the Nine-Rank System was established in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, if you are not from an aristocratic family, then don’t even think about becoming an official!
People in later generations always laugh at the class stratification, but in fact, the real class stratification is now. The son of a general will always be a general, and the children of common people will always be common people, and there will never be any room for them to turn around.

And the order to recruit talents?

This thing instantly gives everyone a stage to showcase their talents and abilities. Every day as soon as it starts, there are huge crowds of people trying to squeeze in.

The lively scene made it impossible for Shen Luoyan to control the situation. After all, there were too many people participating, and the few people she had just recruited were not enough. Fortunately, Li Qingyuan thought of the practice of the imperial examination in later generations, so he directly set a threshold.

First of all, you need to be able to do arithmetic. If you want to be assessed, take the test first. It is not difficult. It consists of basic fill-in-the-blanks and elementary school math questions. Only if you pass the test can you continue to the next round of interviews!

This will greatly reduce the number of people who need to be assessed. Shen Luoyan was even more excited and said that Li Qingyuan was simply a god in the world, and he could come up with such a good idea.

In just ten days, Shen Luoyan recruited hundreds of people. Although these people's knowledge was definitely not enough to qualify them as prime ministers or generals, it was definitely enough for them to serve as county magistrates or colonels.

When playing games, people usually only care about those with abilities above 90, but in fact, if a country wants to truly function, the most important things are the grassroots officials with abilities around 60!

The reason why the aristocratic families dared to fight against the imperial power was because they controlled a large number of grassroots officials. If the emperor really wanted to touch them, it would cause chaos in the country and the people would suffer. This is why the Sui Dynasty became what it is now.

The high and mighty Three Dukes and Nine Ministers seem very powerful, but if they are just rootless duckweed, they are not strong enough to fight against the imperial power. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor could do whatever he wanted with the chief minister and the chief military advisor, without any fear at all.

As long as there is a steady influx of fresh blood, the vast empire will be able to function well.

Of course, the resistance to doing so was quite great. When Li Qingyuan first issued the order to recruit talents, many people from the Dugu family jumped out to oppose it. Especially when Li Qingyuan ordered Shen Luoyan to evaluate the existing officials in Luoyang and to directly dismiss a group of them, they almost rebelled!
The reason why it was almost happened was mainly because these guys were killed by You Chuhong before they had a chance to rebel!
I have to say that You Chuhong, as the current supreme leader of the Dugu clan, is still very courageous!

Dugu Feng was still thinking about how to reconcile the conflict between the two sides, but You Chuhong simply drew her sword and killed more than twenty people in one breath, which instantly stunned everyone!
You have to know that those were all members of the Dugu family, and they all had to call You Chuhong "ancestor" or "aunt", but she showed no mercy at all, which made everyone feel a little frightened.

However, even though outsiders may think You Chuhong is cold-blooded and ruthless, even if she does not hesitate to kill her own family members in order to please Li Qingyuan, in fact, only You Chuhong herself understands that if she does not show her support immediately, then even if Li Qingyuan will turn the matter aside because he cannot do without the support of the Dugu family, when the world is settled, the Dugu family will definitely not escape the fate of being purged.

When reading history books, there are always people who wonder why those in power knew that the policies were problematic but were unwilling to change them. The spectators always think that they are smarter than those people, but in fact, when you are really in this position, you find that you can't do anything at all.

The reason why You Chuhong was so determined was that she had lived through the chaotic times of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and she knew that in the face of an absolutely powerful emperor, any aristocratic family would do their best to be obedient and not put themselves in the wrong position.

The Dugu family is not an investor, but just the first subordinate to follow the dragon. The position of Dugu Feng as queen is not a combination of interests between the two, but a proof of the Dugu family's loyalty. The order of the two must not be mistaken!

As for those confused guys in the family, You Chuhong felt that it would be better to kill them first. After all, such trash could only live to this day in luxury if they were born in the Sui Dynasty. If it were in the previous dynasty, they would have been killed long ago. How could they have been raised to this age?

(End of this chapter)